The ancient Greco-Roman world was a world of citie, in a distinctive sense of communities in which countryside was dominated by urban centre.This volume of papers written by influential archaeologists and historians seeks to bring together the two disciplines in exploring the city-country relationship.
Author(s): John Rich
Edition: Reprint
Year: 1992
Language: English
Pages: 324
Book Cover......Page 1
Half-Title......Page 2
Title......Page 3
Copyright......Page 4
Contents......Page 5
Preface......Page 7
Introduction......Page 9
1 Archaeology and the study of the Greek city......Page 20
Bibliography......Page 40
2 The early polis as city and state......Page 44
The emergence of the Greek city......Page 46
1 Economic relationships to the hinterland......Page 53
3 Political, religious and social relationships with the hinterland......Page 55
5 Spatial structure......Page 57
The rise of the Greek state......Page 60
Acknowledgements......Page 70
Bibliography......Page 71
1 Introduction......Page 79
2 The model......Page 81
The hypotheses......Page 83
The methods......Page 85
Terminals and networks......Page 87
The data......Page 89
Assessing model output......Page 92
3 Results......Page 96
4 Concluding remarks......Page 107
Acknowledgements......Page 112
Notation......Page 113
Bibliography......Page 114
Introduction......Page 117
The household......Page 118
Synoecism......Page 126
Hierarchy of settlement......Page 131
Acknowledgements......Page 135
Bibliography......Page 136
5 Pride and prejudice, sense and subsistence: exchange and society in the Greek city......Page 139
Bibliography......Page 165
Introduction......Page 169
Samnium......Page 171
Public building......Page 172
Elite mobility......Page 175
Settlement patterns......Page 177
Drafting the model......Page 178
Lycia......Page 180
Public building......Page 182
Elite mobility......Page 184
Applying the model......Page 185
Conclusions......Page 187
Bibliography......Page 189
Introduction......Page 192
The settlement pattern......Page 194
Artefact distribution patterns......Page 203
Ecofactual evidence......Page 207
Conclusions......Page 209
Bibliography......Page 210
8 Towns and territories in southern Etruria......Page 213
The emergence of urban centres in southern Etruria (fig. 1)......Page 214
The expansion of Rome (fig. 2)......Page 219
Rural settlement in the later Roman and early medieval periods......Page 225
Conclusions......Page 229
Bibliography......Page 230
9 City, territory and taxation......Page 233
The hierarchy of cities......Page 240
The city and exploitation of territory......Page 243
Territory and fiscal system......Page 246
Basis of assessment......Page 249
Assessment of individuals......Page 253
Tax-collection......Page 255
Conclusion......Page 257
Bibliography......Page 260
10 Elites and trade in the Roman town......Page 263
I Roman attitudes to town and country......Page 266
II The fabric of the town......Page 272
III Urban property in the lawyers......Page 287
Conclusions......Page 291
Acknowledgements......Page 293
Bibliography......Page 294
11 Spatial organisation and social change in Roman towns......Page 297
Town planning and town plans......Page 299
Fora and public buildings......Page 303
Town walls......Page 307
Urban housing and society......Page 308
The economic context of change......Page 311
Conclusions......Page 314
Acknowledgements......Page 315
Bibliography......Page 316
List of Contributors......Page 319
Index......Page 320
